Show SHOPPING IN LONDON landon the first difficulty the american girl has is that of finding out which are really the first rate shops alze i ize and importance have nothing whatever to dewith do with it as they have to some extent at nast least lu in new york here in london the light stems to he be bid under a bushel as far as the most noted and swell est et of the shops are concerned one walks down bond street and sees a modest window hung with solemn colored draperies and per haps out of consideration far the onward march of advertising and commercial mer clial progress there will be a simple costume not displayed upon a lay figure be it well understood but lying ostentatiously on its side as the he symbol that within there here lurka a smooth spoken personage more dreaded of the average husband than even the dentist or tax collector As an a contrast aei one may pass in regent street or oxford street a huge establishment whose plate glass windows may be measured by the acre and serve but to shield I 1 rom from the elements and sacrilegious hands scores of costumes which to the masculine eye seem to reach the height of fashionable gorgeousness yet between the two the woman of knowledge will never hesitate a second at the latter she may get the essence of the gathered flower of fashion corn com mercial and commonplace at the former phe ohe may get the very flower itself with its dey dewy fragrance fresh upon it |